Part 5

Character Attributes and Text Effects

The operations in this part of the manual explain how to change the fonts, style, and size of characters. These characteristics are called character attributes. It also tells you how to assign such text effects as underlining, shading, and box printing to text after you finish inputting it.

Specifying Character Attributes

You can specify character attributes at any of the following three points.

Before you input any characters

In this case, the attributes are applied to the characters you input later.You cannot use this method to assign text effects.

After inputting some characters

This method lets you change the attributes being applied to the text you are inputting. You cannot use this method to assign text effects.

After you finish inputting text

Use this method to change the attributes of the text you have finished inputting. Text effects can be assigned only for text that is already input.

The techniques to use for each of the above cases are described below.

Important!

Character attributes you specify affect printed text only. The characters on the display do not change.

Remember that character attributes are assigned to specific characters, not to positions on the display.

Text effects are applied to both displayed text and printed text.

To specify attributes before inputting characters

When there are no characters on the display, simply specify the character attributes you want. The characters that you input are then automatically assigned the attributes as you input them.

See the following pages of this manual for details on specifying attributes.

 

Font – page 29

 

 

 

 

 

 

Style – page 30

 

 

 

 

 

 

Size – page 32

 

 

 

 

 

If you change the character size, a symbol appears to

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show where the size change takes place.

 

 

 

 

 

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